Arts Catalyst

Arts Catalyst is a London-based contemporary arts organisation, known for its commissioned artists' projects, as well as being one of the pioneers of art and science in the UK.

Directed by Nicola Triscott since the early 1990s, the organisation works "at the frontiers of art and research". Commissioned artists' projects include Tomas Saraceno's Poetic Cosmos of the Breath (2007), Aleksandra Mir's Gravity at the Roundhouse (2006), the Turner Prize shortlisted The Otolith Group (Kodwo Eshun and Anjalika Sagar)'s first film Otolith 1, Helen Chadwick’s Unnatural Selection (1996), and Critical Art Ensemble's Marching Plague (2006).

Arts Catalyst is a registered in England by the Charity Commission, No. 1042433. Arts Catalyst is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation.

Arts Catalyst was founded in 1993 by Nicola Triscott, who is the Director of the not-for-profit organisation and its programmes.

Since 1994 Arts Catalyst has commissioned artists from around the globe on over one hundred different projects, by artists and arts groups, in a range of art forms such as Live Art (art form), artists' film and video, installation, media art, performance, and bioart, such as Kira O'Reilly, Critical Art Ensemble and The Otolith Group, presented as exhibitions and events.

Arts Catalyst is also strongly committed to education, research and artists' professional development. Since Arts Catalyst was founded, it has organised symposia, schools projects, participatory projects, workshops, microgravity flight experiments, family days and conferences.

Arts Catalyst has commissioned more than 120 contemporary artist's projects that engage critically and experimentally with science. Notable artists the organisation has commissioned include Tomas Saraceno, The Otolith Group (Kodwo Eshun, Anjalika Sagar), Critical Art Ensemble, James Acord, Laurie Anderson, Marcel.li Antunez Roca, Lise Autogena, Brandon Ballengée, Anne Bean, Steve Beard, Andy Bichlbaum (Jacques Servin), Ansuman Biswas, Brian Catling, Oron Catts, Helen Chadwick, Gina Czarnecki, Beatriz da Costa, Adam Dant, Jan Fabre, Simon Faithfull, Jem Finer, Alec Finlay, Vadim Fishkin, Stefan Gec, Jack Klaff, Tim Knowles, Andrew Kotting, Steve Kurtz, Yuri Leiderman, Aleksandra Mir, Kira O'Reilly, Marko Peljhan, Esther Polak, Snæbjörnsdóttir | Wilson, Ashok Sukumaran, Aaron Williamson, Carey Young, Ariel Guzik

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